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August 15, 2010 by Lawrence Lee
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Product
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Zotac H55-ITX-C-E
LGA1156 Mini-ITX Motherboard |
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Manufacturer
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Zotac |
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Street Price
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US$150? |
Zotac has been getting a good chunk of business by focusing attention to the
mini-ITX form factor. They've been Johnny-on-the-spot in the past, getting to
market before competitors, most notably with the Nvidia ION-based IONITX
and the GeForce 9300-ITX
for LGA775, once considered the end-all and be-all of mini-ITX motherboards.
As time passed, the torch eventually passed to another first of its kind, the
H55-ITX-A-E, a LGA1156 board with full CPU support all the way up to
Core i7. The Zotac H55-ITX-C-E is an updated model adding USB 3.0 support.
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The box.
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The accessories include 3 SATA cables, a DVI to VGA adapter, WiFi assembly,
and a 4-pin AUX12V extension cord.
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So what else does the H55-ITX-C-E bring to the table? A PCI Express 16x slot,
a mini-PCI Express slot pre-populated with an 802.11n WiFi adapter, DVI and
HDMI with 8 channel audio (if paired with a Clarkdale processor), 6 internal
SATA ports and a single eSATA connector powered by a separate JMicron controller.
The board offers something for everyone — the potential to add an ultra
fast graphics card for gamers, solid HD playback features for home theater geeks,
and support for 6 hard drives, an unusually high number for a mini-ITX board.
This is 90% of everything anyone has ever wanted in a motherboard boiled down
into a diminuitive form factor easily tucked away behind a monitor, tossed onto
a shelf with some A/V equipment, or lugged around to LAN parties by a 100 pound
weakling with one arm free to lovingly grip a 2L bottle of Mountain Dew.
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| Chipset/GPU |
Intel H55 Express |
| CPU Compatibility |
Intel® Core™ i3
Intel® Core™ i5
Intel® Core™ i7 (800 series)
Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics |
| CPU Socket |
Socket LGA1156 |
| CPU Front-side Bus |
Intel® QuickPath |
| Memory Type |
DDR3 |
| Memory Speed |
1066/1333 MHz |
| Memory Slots |
Slots 2 x 240-pin DIMM |
| Memory Capacity |
Capacity Up to 8GB |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x PCI Express x16
1 x Mini-PCI Express (occupied by WiFi) |
| DirectX |
DirectX 10 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL 2.1 |
| Ethernet |
10/100/1000 Mbps |
| WiFi |
802.11n WiFi (300Mbps) |
| Analog Audio |
8-ch HD |
| Digital Audio |
Optical S/PDIF & HDMI
output |
| Ports |
1 x DVI (HDCP)
1 x HDMI (1080p w/8-ch audio)
VGA with included adapter
6 x SATA (SATA 3.0Gb/s)
1 x eSATA (SATA 3.0Gb/s)
1 x PS/2 (keyboard only)
Serial Port via header only
2 x USB 3.0 (on back panel)
10 x USB 2.0 (6 on back panel, 4 via pin header) |
| Cooler |
Passive (no
fan) |
| Form Factor |
mini-ITX |
| OS Compatibility |
Windows Vista/7
Premium Ready |
| SLI Supported |
No |
| Maximum Resolution |
2048x1536 |
| Other |
Wake-On Support
Overclocking features |
| Package Contents |
3 x SATA cables
1 4-pin ATX extension cable
2 WiFi Antennas
DVI-to-VGA adapter
1 x I/O back plate |
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